Serenity Quotes - Page 5

• Serenity is the end - and serenity is also the means - by which you live effectively.

  Ken Keyes Jr.

  Mean, Ends

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• Serenity comes from the ability to say “Yes” to existence. Courage comes from the ability to say “No” to the wrong choices made by others.

  Ayn Rand

  Courage, Choices Made, Bravery

  Ayn Rand (1984). “Philosophy: Who Needs It”, p.34, Penguin

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• When we are truly in this interior simplicity our whole appearance is franker, more natural. This true simplicity. . . makes us conscious of a certain openness, gentleness, innocence, gaiety, and serenity. O, how amiable this simplicity is! Who will give it to me? I leave all for this. It is the pearl of the Gospel.

  Francois Fenelon

  Giving, Simplicity, Pearls

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• Wisdom is to the soul what health is to the body.

  Cesar Vichard de Saint-Real

  Spiritual, Health, Soul

  "Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims" by François de La Rochefoucauld, p. 108, 1665-1678.

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• Politeness induces morality. Serenity of manners requires serenity of mind.

  Julia Ward Howe

  Mind, Morality, Manners

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• Life is not about maximizing everything, it's about giving something back - like light, space, form, serenity, joy. You have to give something back.

  Glenn Murcutt

  Life, Light, Space

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• Among the hills, when you sit in the cool shade of the white poplars, sharing the peace and serenity of distant fields and meadows - then let your heart say in silence, "God rests in reason." And when the storm comes, and the mighty wind shakes the forest, and thunder and lightning proclaim the majesty of the sky, - then let your heart say in awe, "God moves in passion.

  Khalil Gibran

  Moving, Passion, Heart

  Khalil Gibran (2014). “The Prophet - Der Prophet”, p.82, Lulu.com

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• In ancient China, the Taoists taught that a constant inner smile, a smile to oneself, insured health, happiness and longevity. Why? Smiling to yourself is like basking in love: you become your own best friend. Living with an inner smile is to live in harmony with yourself.

  Mantak Chia

  Love, Inspirational, Best Friend

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• The thing we're all looking for is happiness, and if we achieve just a modicum of that or even a little piece of serenity even for five minutes a day, we're very lucky.

  Mel Gibson

  Lucky, Pieces, Littles

  "Mel Gibson: I have been humiliated... but I am tough and you can't bother me any more". www.mirror.co.uk. January 20, 2010.

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• Serenity of manners is the zenith of beauty.

  Fredrika Bremer

  Zenith, Manners

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• When one is without ego, one becomes immediately free of all personal judgements, and perceives life and the world with divine eyes and mind.
  Nothing is offensive to them and they remain in perfect serenity and peace always.

  Mooji

  Life, Peace, Eye

  Mooji (2017). “White Fire: Spiritual Insights and Teachings of Advaita Zen Master Mooji”, p.119, New Harbinger Publications

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• Remember this, you don't have to be important or special or glamorous; all you actually need is success and pleasure from whatever it is that you choose to do with your life. You don't have to become something in the eyes of others, you only have to become something in your own reality. From this humble attitude flows a sweet serenity which comes naturally from personal healing and spiritual reconciliation.

  Stuart Wilde

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Sweet

  Stuart Wilde (1993). “More Love: Tender Moments”, White Dove International

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• Our challenge is to face up heroically to the world as it is and do our very best to make the most of our lives. To strive to live each day with serenity and courage.

  Wilferd Peterson

  Challenges, Each Day, World

  Wilferd Arlan Peterson, Xizhen Wu (1978). “當代的生活藝術”

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• We are not going to change the whole world, but we can change ourselves and feel free as birds. We can be serene even in the midst of calamities and, by our serenity, make others more tranquil. Serenity is contagious. If we smile at someone, he or she will smile back. And a smile costs nothing. We should plague everyone with joy. If we are to die in a minute, why not die happily, laughing? (136-137)

  Swami Satchidananda

  Change, Laughing, Bird

  Sri Swami Satchidananda (1984). “Integral Yoga: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali”, Integral Yoga Dist

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• Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Attitude, Positive Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Peace is not merely an absence of war. It is also a state of mind.

  Jawaharlal Nehru

  Peace, War, Mind

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• The only way to bring peace to the earth is to learn to make our own life peaceful.

  Gautama Buddha

  Peace, Passion, Earth

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• The seeker after stillness should be told that the stillness is always there. Indeed it is in every man. But he has to learn, first, to let it in and, second, how to do so. The first beginning of this is to remember. The second is to recognize the inward pull. For the rest, the stillness itself will guide and lead him to itself.

  Paul Brunton

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Learning

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• Yoga ia a way of moving into stillness in order to experience the truth of who you are.

  Erich Schiffmann

  Inspirational, Truth, Moving

  Erich Schiffmann (2013). “Yoga The Spirit And Practice Of Moving Into Stilln”, p.4, Simon and Schuster

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• It is always in the midst, in the epicenter, of your troubles that you find serenity.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Adversity, Overcoming, Trouble

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• Within you is the kingdom of serenity that can create all the prosperity you could ever want.

  Wayne Dyer

  Want, Kingdoms, Wealth

  Wayne W. Dyer (2009). “Staying on the Path: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.24, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The aesthetic value of creation cannot be overlooked. Our very contact with nature has a deep restorative power; contemplation of its magnificence imparts peace and serenity. The Bible speaks again and again of the goodness and beauty of creation, which is called to glorify God.

  Pope John Paul II

  Magnificence, Speak, Creation

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• Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.

  Carl Jung

  Love, Happiness, Sad

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• I wish everybody finds the serenity that good, strong faith brings.

  Ann Jillian

  Strong, Wish, Strong Faith

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• Tranquillity is contagious, peace is contagious. One only thinks of the contagiousness of illness, but there is the contagion of serenity and joy.

  Anais Nin

  Happiness, Thinking, Joy

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